UOBCC is a thriving student community that caters to all abilities and disciplines (Road, Cross Country, Downhill, BMX, Street and Track). Join us on a ride. For more info email the club president, Tom Hall.

Your Weekly Newsletter From UOBCC 28th Jan 2014

What you will find in this week's newsletter:

Weekly Roundup

Rides this week

Social (29th Jan)

Road Racing Subsidy (9th Feb)

DH Race (8th Feb)

XC and Road Trips

British Cycling Survey

Weekly Roundup

Wind. Rain... what more can we say? Well done to those who braved the elements. Rides will be as normal this week. Hopefully we'll get lucky on Wednesday and Sunday. We hope to see lots of you racing Road or DH on the weekend of 8/9th Feb. Details below.

Social Rides

Meet on the Clifton side of the Suspension Bridge for some casual Road and XC riding. Come rain or shine there will be rides! (Road will be cancelled if wind is 20mph+)

Wednesday - 2pm

Sunday - 10am

Wednesday - Social

Compete recommences this Wednesday (29th Jan) so lets make it a big night! We'll meet in spoons on the triangle at 8:30pm before heading over to bunker to claim our FREE drinks. See you all there!Join the event on facebook.

Want a Subsidy to Race?

We have £100 to subsidise road racing at Odd Down circuit on 9th February. If you've ever wanted to give racing a go, now's your chance!! Women's race = FREE (with a £6 discount) Men's race = £5 (with a £7 discount) Funding will be allocated on a first come first served basis to the first 14 members to fill out the form on our website. Please read the instructions first! Info about race licences is also on the website.

We hope this will encourage a big UOBCC turn out for the race. Don't be shy. Now's your chance to give it a go.

Triscombe DH Race - 8th February

DH race at triscombe. It will be largely similar to the first one, but expect to run smoothly since it's been done before. Sign-up online (Triscombe DH Race Round 2) for £10. Matt will post meeting time nearer to the day, but the trip will, like last time, take up most of the day.

XC and Road Trip Info Soon

Dates for the diary. 1st March - Forest of Dean trip for both XC and DH. 15th March XC trip to Afan. We're also looking into hosting a BMX-style race at Patchway sometime too. Brecon Beacons road trip. Date to be confirmed.

What would make you cycle more?

British Cycling are looking to get more young people riding bikes. If you're aged 16-25, complete the survey to help them out and you'll be entered into a prize draw to win an iPad mini or a £20 amazon voucher. Take the survey.

Picture of The Week

Nothing stops an XC ride. Some colourful wet folk on Sunday morning.

If you do take any pictures whilst you're out cycling, and you're happy for us to use them, please do send them to Tom Mowbray. (Or just send us a message on facebook as to where we can find them).

UOBCC is a thriving student community that caters to all abilities and disciplines (Road, Cross Country, Downhill, BMX, Street and Track). Join us on a ride. For more info email the club president, Tom Hall.

Your Weekly Newsletter From UOBCC 22nd Jan 2014

What you will find in this week's newsletter:

Weekly Roundup

First Ride of 2014

Kit Collection

UOBCC Open Time Trial

New Speed Limits

Weekly Roundup

Theo Flack represented the club at Odd Down Circuit at the weekend. It was cold and the course was wet. Inevitably, with some post Christmas dodgy bike handling, there were numerous crashes; the most decisive being on the last lap allowing a group of 7 in front of the crash to split from the field and hold the gap to the finish. Theo managed to stay upright and win the sprint for the best of the rest and a very hard earned 8th place. The next race at Odd Down is on 2nd Feb. Beginners welcome; all you need is a British Cycling membership (which grants you provisional membership) and then you may be required to buy a day race licence on the day. Silver members and above will receive full race licences. Enter here.

First Ride of 2014

Welcome back everyone. Now that (most) exams and Christmas are done and dusted it's time to get back into the swing of things. This Sunday 26th January will be the first club ride of 2014. We hope to have a good turn out, so bring along a friend and give a nudge to anyone who's become a bit lazy over the holidays. Bring along some cash too as we may stop at a cafe afterwards for some post ride cake.

Pick up your Kit

If you've ordered kit and not yet picked it up, please collect it on Tuesday 1-1:50pm in the Queen's Building foyer. There will also be some rather stylish UOBCC cycling caps for sale at a reasonable £10. And if you're lucky there may even be some water bottles to purchase too. We hope you're as pleased as we are with the kit.

Open 10TT - 29th March

On 29th March the club will host its first ever Open event. This will be a 10 mile time trial on the U7B course. The event HQ is at Falfield village hall. Entries are now open on the CTT Website. This is a really great event for both beginners and experienced riders to aim for. And what's more, you'll be able to celebrate your new PB with a victory burrito courtesy of Mission Burrito. Don't worry if you've not ridden a time trial before. The event will be really easy going and you can even borrow TT bars from club.

We'll be running some specific training sessions in the coming weeks.

New 20mph Speed Limit

Take note of the new speed limit in place across most of central Bristol. You can't get a ticket for speeding on a bike, but you can get done for dangerous riding if you're being reckless.

Picture of The Week

Theo in the pack at Odd Down.

If you do take any pictures whilst you're out cycling, and you're happy for us to use them, please do send them to Tom Mowbray. (Or just send us a message on facebook as to where we can find them).